Monday, July 6, 2009

This man wants you to Spread.

Just when it seemed like all the good names for Biblically orthodox web sites – ones like Hustler, or Giant Jugs, or Tight Butts – had been taken, along has come someone who proves there’s still plenty of potential for ministry on the old internet. I’m speaking of course of little Charles Raven, who’s interestingly titled movement and site SPREAD proves that even if evangelicals are determined to destroy the Church of England, they are at least committed to preserving the tradition of saucy British double entendre.

Now there’s no denying little Charles has issues. Nor that an illustrated discussion of those issues could probably not be sold to minors. Rev.Charles Raven SpreadBut please, let’s give credit where it’s due: there aren’t many men with the degree of tactlessness necessary to call an organisation devoted entirely to their passion for a heady cocktail of bad theology, misogyny, and homophobia Spread. He may look meek, mild and only reasonably unpleasantly beady-eyed, but there's no denying he's not shy about letting us all know what's on his mind.

Sure it’s an acronym for something (isn’t everything in Conservative Christianity these days?), but a lesser Biblical Christian would have abandoned the name when they realised it makes their crucial contribution to the world of Orthodoxy look like something published by Paul Raymond. Not the Rev. Raven; throwing cultural awareness to the winds he pressed on regardless. Perhaps in doing so he sees himself as standing against the tide of secular colloquialisms? Or perhaps he’s so spiritual he’s never heard of the more profane connotations. Then again, maybe “Spread” just appealed to a part of himself he prefers not to discuss in public.

I’m Father Christian and I teach the Bible.

5 comments :

Unknown said...

This looks like an entry in the MP contest at OCICBW for the "Mommy, don't make me look at him again" contest.

Or the "What's a weasel in a dog collar look like?" competition.

Brad or is it Joe or maybe Roger said...

Is SPREAD an acronym? Can it be used in tandem with FOCA? There's potential here. Though for sheer power of suggestion, nothing I've seen tops "FOCA-UK".

susan s. said...

My thoughts exactly Clumber!

Anonymous said...

I recently went onto the "Tight Butts" site, but found it was written by Dobby Ould's brother. I upset him just because I compared him with Hitler.Charles Raven, on the other hand, is the image of Dr Goebbels

JimB said...

I dunno, I like the name. Now we can
Foca UK and SPREAD the Gaf(fe)Con!

FWIW
jimB